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California’s New Covid-Related “Hidden Disaster”: Critically Low Oxygen Supply

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On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the creation of a statewide “Oxygen Strategy” to confront a new, critical problem: lack of oxygen for those afflicted with Covid-19.

He said a “task force on oxygen” was stood up a week ago. One of the prime indications of Covid-19 is a sharp drop in a patient’s oxygen levels.

Thus, the use of supplementary oxygen is critical to combatting the virus. And as more cases have become more serious in the state, with hospitalizations increasing seven-fold in the last two months, the available supply of medical oxygen has dwindled.On Monday, Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services issued a directive to paramedic crews to limit the use of oxygen, reserving it for only patients in the most

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